#RepresentationMatters for People with Disabilities

#RepresentationMatters for People with Disabilities– Lauren Appelbaum, RespectAbility Communications Director

RespectAbility congratulates GLAAD on releasing the 2017-2018 Where We Are on TV Report, which includes the only analysis of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks of characters with disabilities. The amount of regular primetime broadcast characters counted who have a disability has slightly increased to 1.8 percent, but that number still vastly underrepresents the actualities of Americans with disabilities.

Amazon is introducing a new half-hour comedy from the creator of Sex and the City that features a slew of actors with Down syndrome. The comedy stars Bridget Everett as Karen Best, a counselor at an independent living residence for young adults with Down syndrome. The reviews are in and they say to stream it!

Coby Bird, Actor with Autism, to Guest Star on The Good Doctor– Lauren Appelbaum, RespectAbility

Coby Bird will be a guest star on ABC’s The Good Doctor on Monday, Nov 13. Bird, who has autism, plays a patient with autism who causes the main character, Dr. Shaun Murphy, to reflect on his own diagnosis of autism. The series airs on Mondays at 10:00 p.m. ET on ABC.